1 Almost 34 years since winning the European Cup Celtic make their Champions League debut against the Italian giants Juventus in the glorious setting of the Stadio dell Alpi. Juventus have a 100% home record against Scottish opposition, having won six out of six matches - the last of which was a 4-1 thrashing of Rangers in 1996.

4 After some good support play involving Salas and Trezeguet, Del Piero has a pop. His shot is low, hard and narrowly wide.

7 As you would expect, Marcello Lippi's Juventus are dominating in the early stages. Del Piero drops a speculative ball in behind the Celtic defence for Trezeguet to chase but Douglas beats him to it.

10 Lennon is playing deep in the Celtic midfield helping Valgaeren, Balde and Mjallby. Lambert is further forward and it looks as if it will be up to him and Thompson to graft and do the spade-work in order to win possession and release Agathe, who Celtic will be relying on to supply ammunition for Sutton and Larsson up front. Along with Chris Sutton, Paul Lambert is the only other Celtic player with Champions League experience.

15 Celtic win a free about 10 yards outside the Juventus penalty area. Thompson floats it in hopefully and it goes wide. Buffon takes the kick-out and looks worth every penny of the £32 million (pounds, not lire!) Juventus paid Parma for his services during the summer. I wonder if Celtic forked out that much to Dundee for Rab Douglas? So far so good for The Bhoys. Juventus win a corner and Douglas gathers well.

20 Tacchinardi and Salas combine on the right hand side to try and create an opportunity for Trezeguet. The ball goes in behind him. Henrik Larsson is limping.

22 Salas puts a ball between two Celtic defenders to create another chance for Trezeguet. Douglas is strangded in no man's land but Mjallby recovers well to hook it over the bar. Nothing comes of the resulting Juventus corner.

25 Celtic win a free when Thuram climbs all over Celtic. Sutton is the victim again shortly afterwards when Davids floors him. There's no booking for the superfly shade-wearing Dutchman, who gets away with a stern ticking off.

27 Juventus have a free kick just outside the Celtic area after a foul by Thompson on Tacchinardi. Thompson gets booked and Del Piero takes the free: narrowly wide again, but Douglas appeared to have it covered.

29 Agathe takes on and beats Iuliano and finds Sutton, who is dispossessed by Montero. Celtic are holding possession well. After a strong run, Agathe is floored by Iulianai who gets booked. A good spell for Celtic. Thompson puts in another free which misses everyone and goes wide.

31 Buffon certainly earned his corn there with a fantastic save from an excellent Chris Sutton header. Neil Lennon was the supplier with an excellent ball. He's moved further forward and is beginning to stamp his authority on the game.

35 Salas gets on the end of a lovely penetrative ball from Montero and the ball is deflected by Mjallby. From the resulting corner, Balde clears a good Montero effort off the line.

36 Agathe wins a throw from Celtic and the ball comes to Sutton who sets up Lambert who forces a save from Buffon. Celtic have had the two best chances of the first half so far and don't look at all out of their depth. Elsewhere in this group, FC Porto lead Rosenburg 0-1.

40 After two corners in a row which Celtic defend well, Del Piero hits a third low and hard to the edge of the box which is intercepted by Lennon. He hares off down the field and is hacked down by Davids who gets a yellow card for his troubles.

43 GOAL: Juventus 1 - 0 Celtic Salas, tracked by two Celtic defenders,hares down the right wing and, from the byline, cuts the ball into the path of Trezeguet who finishes well. A real kick in the goolies for Celtic after a solid, dogged first half performance.

Half-time

46 Celtic kick off for the second half and immediately win a free which is taken by Balde who finds Larsson. He hangs in the air before nodding it just too far away from Sutton.

49 Sutton plays the ball to Lambert who is dispossessed on the half-way line by Tacchinardi, who concedes a throw.

51 Agathe misses an excellent opportunity to equalise for Celtic after showing great presence of mind to latch on to a Larsson knock-down. With only a fairly helpless Buffon to beat, he lifted it over the bar.

54 GOAL: Juventus 2 - 0 Celtic Trezeguet gets his head to the end of a brilliant left-footed Del Piero cross from the corner and beats Douglas all ends up. An excellent goal by the Frenchman - although he was unmarked he was quite far out and had to stretch backwards to get his head to the ball Del Piero's wizardry in getting the cross in under extreme duress was sublime.

56 Celtic substitution: Petta for Thompson. My Celtic-supporting housemate taught me a great song about Bobby Petta which, sadly, is far too obscene and sectarian to be reproduced on a family website. Suffice to say, he used to be, eh, not very good, "but now he's better." Let's hope it's true, because Celtic are certainly in the mire at the moment and need all the help they can get.

63 Petrov makes space for himself with a lovely turn on the halfway line and Petta wins Celtic's first corner of the game. The ball is cleared by Juve and Neil Lennon takes possession near the halfway line. Salas robs him but ballons his cross wide.

66 GOAL: Juventus 2 - 1 Celtic Now we're sucking diesel! Sutton wins a free kick from Montero just outside the Juve box. Larsson tees it up, rolls it to Petrov who rifles one in low and hard. It takes a deflection from a Juventus player and goes past the helpless Buffon.

70 Juventus substitution: O'Neill for Salas No relation to Martin, defender Fabien O'Neill (of the O'Neills of Uruguay - dontcha know) comes on to shore up the Juve defence and Salas has to make way.

75 Sutton goes down in the penalty area and appeals, along with all the Celtic hordes, for a penalty. Nothing is given and the ref gives him a bollicking.

76 Red card: Edgar Davids for persistant fouling. Celtic have a free outside the Juve box which goes straight into the wall. Davids getting sent off was hardly the shock of the century - it's surprising he hadn't been substituted earlier as he's been acting the maggot all night with lots of niggly, bad-tempered fouls - must be the nandrolone. Celtic are now acquiting themselves excellently - Agathe and Petta have sacrificed their defensive duties and are crossing in ball after ball from both wings: meat and drink for Sutton and Larsson. Juventus are really under the cosh.

80 A great chance wasted by Celtic. Petrov took a shot which was blocked, the ball came to Sutton who tried his luck. It wasn't good, as the ball was blocked involuntarily blocked by his own man Petrov who was lying on the ground.

84 GOAL: Juventus 2 - 2 Celtic Larsson equalises with a penalty, sending Buffon the wrong way. Penalty was awarded when Sutton was held by Thuram at the back post. Seconds earlier he'd been denied what also looked like a valid penalty. If this was Old Trafford and Sutton played for Man Utd, he would probably have got six penalties tonight. He has been a colossus.

87 Juventus substitution: Amoruso for Del Piero.Goal: Juventus 3 - 2 Celtic Amoruso comes on and immediately wins and scores a penalty with what looks to be a blatant dive. Martin O'Neill goes berserk on the touchline and is banished from the dugout by the German referee. He is justifiably apoplectic with rage. No way was that a penalty. The ref was at least 40 yards away when Amoruso went down.

90There is a mad scramble in the Juve box and either Chris Sutton or Larsson have a ball cleared off the line by Buffon. They claim the ball crossed the line but the ref thinks otherwise. On this occasion he's correct. Celtic are attacking in droves and have Juventus on the ropes.

92 Game over. After showing brilliant courage to claw their way back into the game from being two down, Celtic lose. They were magnificent and they were robbed - no question. Another football match ruined by a mixture of cheating and utterly incompetent refereeing. Is it just me or is anybody else getting sick of this kind of crap?